To get an idea what the phrase media art encompasses, have a look at the circumscription given in the WikiPedia: new media art is a generic term used to describe art related to, or created with, technology invented or made widely available since the mid-20th Century, including technology stemming from telecommunications, mass media and digital modes of delivery the artworks Below, the disciplines that belong to this form of art are listed, together with their entries in the WikiPedia, in an abbreviated form:

(new) media art

• audio art -- no definition available
• computer art -- any art in which computers played a role in production or display of the artwork.
• digital art -- art created on a computer in digital (that is, binary) form.
• electronic art -- entry to game producer, should be Leonardo.
• generative art -- art or design generated, composed, or constructed through computer software algorithms, or similar mathematical or mechanical autonomous processes
• hacktivism -- the writing of code, or otherwise manipulating bits, to promote political ideology
• interactive art -- a piece of art that involves the spectator in some way.
• internet art -- art or, more precisely, cultural production which uses the Internet as its primary medium and, more importantly, its subject.
• performance art -- art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work.
• robotic art -- page does not exist
• software art -- is an intersection of two almost non-overlapping realms: software and art.
• video art -- is a subset of artistic works which relies on "moving pictures" and is comprised of video and/or audio data.
• video game art -- involves the use of a computer game for the creation of a digital artwork.

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